Determine which sentence below uses an adverbial prepositional phrase.
A. Ali ate several delicious chocolate chip cookies.
B. The ocean waves rolled, and the wild roared.
C. The boy on the chair read the magazine article.
D. Roy served the meal on his best dishes.
D. Roy served the meal on his best dishes.
The sentence that uses an adverbial prepositional phrase is D. Roy served the meal on his best dishes.
To determine which sentence uses an adverbial prepositional phrase, we need to identify a prepositional phrase that acts as an adverb.
A. Ali ate several delicious chocolate chip cookies.
In this sentence, there are no prepositional phrases that answer questions such as "how," "when," "where," or "to what extent." Therefore, this sentence does not contain an adverbial prepositional phrase.
B. The ocean waves rolled, and the wild roared.
Similar to the first sentence, there are no prepositional phrases that function as adverbs in this sentence. The descriptions "the ocean waves" and "the wild" are noun phrases, not adverbial phrases.
C. The boy on the chair read the magazine article.
In this sentence, there is a prepositional phrase "on the chair." This phrase answers the question "where" and modifies the verb "read." Therefore, this sentence contains an adverbial prepositional phrase.
D. Roy served the meal on his best dishes.
In this sentence, there is a prepositional phrase "on his best dishes." This phrase answers the question "where" and modifies the verb "served." Therefore, this sentence also contains an adverbial prepositional phrase.
So, the correct answer is both options C and D contain adverbial prepositional phrases.